Federal motorway 2

base data

overall length

486 km

of Lands of the Federal Republic

North Rhine-Westphalia
Lower Saxony
Saxonia-Anhalt
Brandenburg

connection points

	(1)	Cross upper living A 3 E 35, A 516
	(2)	Oberhausen Königshardt
		restaurant Bottrop only rib. Hanover
	(3)	cross Bottrop A 31
	(4)	Gladbeck - Ellinghorst
	(5)	meals / Gladbeck B 224
	(6)	gel churches- Buer
		a living Erle 320 m
		restaurant Resser Mark only rib. Upperlive
	(7)	hearts
	(8)	cross Recklinghausen A 43
	(to 9)	Recklinghausen south
	(10)	Recklinghausen east
		Rhine Herne channel bridge
	(11)	Henrichenburg B 235
	(12)	cross Dortmund - northwest A 45
	(12)	Dortmund - Mengede
	(13)	cross Dortmund northeast B 236
		Dortmund Ems channel bridge
	(14)	Dortmund Lanstrop
	(15)	/ Mountain-came B came 61
	(16)	Kamener cross A 1
	(17)	Bönen
	(18)	Hamm B 63
		restaurant Rhynern
		parking lot into the Sundern/generally speaking bran
		change work on 6-Fahrstreifen
		Datteln Hamm channel bridge
		change work on 6-Fahrstreifen
		lip bridge
		change work on 6-Fahrstreifen
	(19)	Hamm Uentrop
	(20)	Beckum B 475
		restaurant Vellern
	(21)	Oelde
		Ems bridge
	(23)	Rheda Wiedenbrück B 64
		restaurant Gütersloh
	(24)	Gütersloh
		restaurant Obergassel/Niedergassel
	(25)	cross Bielefeld A 33
	(26)	Bielefeld Sennestadt B 68
		valley bridge Lämershagen
	(27)	Bielefeld - center B 66
	(28)	east Westphalia / lip
	(29)	Herford / Bad Salzuflen B 239
		Werrebrücke 100 m
		restaurant Herford
	(30)	Herford east
	(31)	Vlotho - Exter
		motorway church Exter
		Extertalbrücke 202.5/236 m
		valley bridge stone harrow/selvedge 255 m
	(32)	cross bath Oeynhausen A 30 E 30 B 514
		Weser tide bridge
		Weser bridge
	(33)	Porta Westfalica B 482
	(34)	Veltheim
		valley bridge small Bremen 180 m
		valley bridge Schermbeck A 180 m
		valley bridge SchermbeckB 230 m
		valley bridge Luhden 230 m
	(35)	bath Eilsen B 83
	(35)	bath Eilsen (east exit)
		valley bridge arene castle 600/570 m
		restaurant Auetal
	(36)	Rehren
		restaurant Schafstrift rib. Upperlive
	(37)	Lauenau B 442
	(38)	bath nominal village B 65
	(to 39)	Wunstorf - Kolenfeld
		central land channel bridge
	(40)	Wunstorf - Luthe B 441
		line bridge
	(41)	Garbsen
		restaurant Garbsen
	(42)	Hanover - gentleman Mr. B 6
	(43)	triangle Hanover west A 352
	(44)	Hanover Langenhagen B 522
	(45)	Hanover Bothfeld
	(46)	Hanover Lahe
	(47)	cross Hanover book wood A 37
	(48)	cross cross Hanover east A 7
	(49)	taught B 443
		restaurant Lehrter lake
	(50)	Instruction east
	(51)	Hämelerwald
		Fuhsebrücke
	(52)	Peine B 444
	(52)	Peine east
		restaurant of two-villages wood
	(53)	Braunschweig - Watenbüttel B 214
		Okerbrücke
	(54)	Braunschweig port
		central land channel bridge
	(55)	cross Braunschweig north A 391
	(56)	Braunschweig airport
	(57)	Braunschweig east B 248
	(58)	cross wolf castle / Königslutter A 39
		valley bridge Scheppau 508 m
		Schunterbrücke
	(59)	Königslutter
	(60)	Rennau
	(61)	Helmstedt - west B 244
	(62)	Helmstedt center
		restaurant Helmstedt/Lappwald
	(63)	Helmstedt east B 1
	(63)	Marienborn /Helmstedt
		restaurant Marienborn rib. Berlin
	(64)	Alleringersleben
	(65)	express lives B 245
	(66)	Bornstedt B 1
		restaurant Börde
	(67)	Irxleben
		motorway church high being life
	(68)	cross Magdeburg A 14
	(69)	Magdeburg-Kannenstieg B 71
	(70)	Magdeburg-Zentrum B 189
	(71)	Magdeburg-Rothensee
		Elbabstiegskanalbrücke 92 m
		Elbebrücke 1.170 m
	(72)	Lostau / Hohenwarthe
	(73)	Burg-Zentrum B 1
	(74)	Burg-Ost B 246a
	(75)	Theeßen
	(76)	Ziesar
		Raststätte Buckautal
	(77)	Wollin
	(78)	Brandenburg B 102
	(79)	Netzen
		High route Nahmitz 246 m
	(80)	Lehnin
	(81)	triangle Werder A 10 E 30 (citizen of Berlin ring)

the federal motorway 2 (abbreviation: BAB 2) - Kurzform: Motorway 2 (abbreviation: A2) run from upper living at the northern edge of the Ruhr district along by the southern cathedral Muenster, , The state capital of Lower Saxony Hanover, the Saxonia anhaltische state capital Magdeburg reaches east Westphalia and the Weser mountain country and after traversing the Elbe before Berlin the southern and/or. western citizen of Berlin ring (A 10).

The a2 belong apart from A 3 due to its meaning as east west axle to thatto most frequented motorways of Germany.

1 history
2 characteristics
3 Web on the left of
4 see also

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the a2 - starting from upper living A 3 - developed in the 30's as connection of Berlin with the Ruhr district and the Rhine country.

Plannedbecame the motorway between September 1933 and December 1934 by the motorway sections in Duesseldorf, Hanover and Merseburg. Planned as connection of the region Rhine Ruhr the motorway bewust within the northern range of the Ruhr district, there the mining industry northward moved and one at the same time the mountain lowering areasto avoid wanted. In the area east Westphalia one followed that settlement emphasis. In the range of Hanover it was appropriate near to lead the motorway past over a short route south the city. There Hanover at this time one of the junctions of German air traffic was and the airport in the north thatCity lay, decided one for a northern evasion of the city. In addition that in the north the goods station lay, an industrial area came planned and the soil conditions was better. Between Berlin and Hanover there were three possible variants, which were examined. The northern should lead across Stendaland in the north to the citizen of Berlin ring attach. It represented the shortest distance for the considered extension toward Stettin and king mountain. Unfavorable it was however that the crossed area was thinly settled and already the railway of the main traffic carriers was. The middle variantconcerned Genthin and Brandenburg and aimed at the center of Berlin. The area was thinly populated and already by the railway also here opened. A further difficulty was that there were here numerous seas and moorlands, which a building would have made more difficult. The southern variant, which finally, led by the most closely settled area and opened the possibility of an extension was built to Breslau or Frankfurt at the or and Warsaw. Was intended, on the entire distance two 3,75m broad driving strips for each driving direction with a 4,2m broad center strips to build. Withthe concrete guidance strip and the flanks had the construction width of 24m. Laid out it, the section in the Teutoburger forest, was excluded for speeds of at least 160 km/h.

The building was accomplished parallel in altogether 12 places. As the first became to 5. April 1936 of the 32km is enough for section between Braunschweig - west and taught for traffic approved. Three further sections between Hanover east to (10 km), Braunschweig east to helmet city (43km) taught and 17 followed to castle (85km) to. August 1936. To 10. January 1937 was with the traffic release of the55km are enough section between castle and helmet city of the citizens of Berlin ring connected with Hanover.1937 could do also within the western range to 17. December the first section between Duesseldorf and Recklinghausen to be opened. The Kamener cross northeast from Dortmund, at that A 1 A2 crosses, became to 12. November 1938 together with the section between Recklinghausen and Gütersloh traffic hand over. It was the first motorway interchange in clover sheet execution in Germany. The likewise for this day planned traffic delivery of the section between Gütersloh and Bielefeld could due to a landslide in Teutoburger forest not to be accomplished. Only after to 15. Decembers the damage were eliminated, could one this distance drive on. On the same day the section to Bad Salzuflen and Herford was inaugurated. The day before one had already opened the section between bath nominal village and Hanover. Thusthe section between Bad Salzuflen and bath nominal village was only missing. This became to 23. September 1939 reduced approved. Due to the Second World War begun one could finish this section only einstreifig. Thus this was intended provisionally only for the so-called Dienstverkehr. Under the employment Polish Forced laborer and Kiegsgefangener became this section up to 14. November 1940 up to one approximately three kilometers long part within the range of the Weser traversing, which was only realized after the war, built and opens. Altogether in the course of the motorway 230 bridges were realized.

That Kamener cross is well-known for its back-up particularly in the vacation time. Therefore this motorway interchange at present converted and also with a so-called. Fly more over in the driving direction Berlin - Cologne equipped. The first change stage should be final up to football - world championship. Afterwards it becomesthe 6-spurigem development of the a2 adapted. This development is for some years on and probably 2009 final will be. Beside the gap conclusions between the connection points gel churches - Buer and hearts (to approx. May 2006) as well as between Dortmund - northeast and Dortmund - northwest (to approx. In the middle of2007) that will provide altogether 33,8km long section between the Kamener cross and the connection point Beckum for some annoyance with the drivers. At present on 8,1km between Hamm and Hamm Uentrop as well as on 6,5km between Hamm Uentrop and Beckum one builds.

Originally the motorway began already onthe Netherlands border Straelen/Venlo and led starting from the motorway interchange Duisburg emperor mountain together as a2 and A3 up to the cross upper living, where the A3 separated toward Arnheim again from the route.

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the connection point Dortmund Lanstrop represents characteristics a small characteristic. It is only as approach road to the garbage depot in the Dortmunder northeast built. The refuse collectors of the disposal Dortmund GmbH start to a majority over the motorway, leave the dump afterwards over roads in the city.

Recognizably this point is far away by the “Lanstroper egg “, an old steel water toweron a hill at the south side, approx. 400 meters from the motorway removes.

The middle becoming green tire is often very broad on the a2 (approx. 4-5 m).

In Oelde one the first (if not even first) spans bridge from prestressed concrete the a2. It became 1938 establishes.

On some sections of the a2 there is no speed limit, whereby it can come to high-speed accidents. Thus occurred to 27. April 2006 between castle - east and Theessen a consequence-fraught traffic accident with that were killed a person and a further person was life-threateningly hurt.For unknown reason the tire Porsche of a GT3 R-S burst. Also various heavy bus accidents occurred. 1993 rest a touring bus on a truck standing on the right trace. 6 persons, 29 further persons died were heavily hurt. 1995 tilted afteran overhauling maneuver a touring bus with Theessen into the central guard rail. 3 humans died, 50 was partially heavily hurt.

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